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A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. [Vol II] [2nd ed] [ESTC T144721]

DMI number:
537
Publication Date:
1726
Volume Number:
2 of 3
ESTC number:
T144721
EEBO/ECCO link:
CW113885554
Shelfmark:
BOD - Harding C 222
Epigraph:
[i]- Celebrare Domestica facta.[/i]
Place of Publication:
London
Format:
Duodecimo
Comments:
PAGINATION: [4], [i]-iv, [4], v-xi, [1], [1]-267, [1] pp. FULL TITLE: A | COLLECTION | OF OLD | BALLADS. | Corrected from the best and most | Ancient COPIES Extant. | WITH | INTRODUCTIONS | HISTORICAL and CRITICAL. | [rule] | [i]Illustrated with[/i] COPPER PLATES. | [rule] | VOL. II. | [rule] | The SECOND EDITION. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for J. ROBERTS, in [i]Warwick-Lane[/i]; | D. LEACH, at [i]Locke's[/i] Head adjoining to [i]Ludgate[/i]; and | J. BATTLEY, in [i]Pater-Noster-Row[/i]. MDCCXXVI. | HALF TITLE: [ornament rule] | A | COLLECTION | OF OLD | BALLADS, &[i]c[/i]. | [rule] | VOL. II. | [ornament rule] | PREFATORY MATERIAL: Preface pp.[i]-xi; Table of Ballads [4pp.] BACK MATTER: 'Books sold by D. Leach' [1p.] PLATES: Plates facing title page, and pp.1, 35, 44, 68, 125, 133, 137, 152, 160, 182, 191, 222. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION: Words 'Francis Wrangham 1904' handwritten on title page of Bod Harding C 222. In this copy, the table of contents has been inserted out of sequence between pp. iv and v of the preface.MS hand listing some of the ballads on blank leaf following preface; musical score penned in for 'The Spanish Lady's Love' on bottom of engraving facing p.191. REFERENCES: Case, 326 (2) (b) CONTENTS: Poems introduced with essays on their subject. MISCELLANY GENRE: Collection of ballads.
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Publication Date:
1723
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T117410
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1 of 3
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Title:
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Publication Date:
1725
ESTC No:
N940
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3 of 3
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Title:
A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant... [2nd ed] [ESTC N938]
Publication Date:
1723
ESTC No:
N938
Volume:
1 of 3
Relationship:
Unknown
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Title:
A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant... Vol. III. [N941]
Publication Date:
1725
ESTC No:
N941
Volume:
3 of 3
Relationship:
Unknown
Comments:
Title:
A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. [3rd ed] [ESTC N939]
Publication Date:
1727
ESTC No:
N939
Volume:
1 of 3
Relationship:
Unknown
Comments:
Title:
A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. [Vol III] [2nd ed] [ESTC N395]
Publication Date:
1738
ESTC No:
N395
Volume:
3 of 3
Relationship:
Unknown
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Author:
Jeremiah Batley
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
'Printed for... J. Battley': ESTC T144721
Editor:
Ambrose Philips
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Absolute (100%)
Comments:
ESTC: compilation usually attributed to Ambrose Philips.
Publisher:
D. Leach
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
'Printed for... D. Leach': ESTC T144721 List of books sold by D. Leach at the Old Bailey at close of ESTC T144721
Publisher:
J[ames] Roberts
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
'Printed for J. Roberts': ESTC T144721
Content/Publication
First Line:
When Humber in his wrathful rags
Page No:
pp.1-7
Poem Title:
I. An old Ballad of a Duke of Cornwall's Daughter; who, after her Marriage to a King of Albion, was divorc'd for the Sake of a Favourite Mistress: And her Exemplary Revenge on them both. To the Tune of, In Greece, &c.
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King Leir once ruled in this land
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pp.8-17
Poem Title:
II. A Lamentable Song of the Death of King Leir and his Three Daughters. To the Tune of, Flying Fame.
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First Line:
When Arthur first in court began
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pp.18-24
Poem Title:
III. The Noble Acts of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table; with the Valiant Atchievements of Sir Lancelot du Lake. To the Tune of, Flying Fame.
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When as King Edgar did govern this land
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pp.25-33
Poem Title:
IV. A Song of King Edgar, shewing how he was deceived of his Love. To the Tune of, Labandulishot.
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Leofricus that noble earl
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pp.34-38
Poem Title:
V. How Coventry was made free by Godina, Countess of Chester. To the Tune of, Prince Arthur died at Ludlow, &c.
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First Line:
Come gentlemen all and listen a while
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pp.39-43
Poem Title:
VI. Robin Hood and the Bishop; shewing how Robin went to an old Woman's House, and chang'd Cloaths with her to 'scape from the Bishop; and how he robb'd him of all his Gold, and made him sing a Mass. To the Tune of, Robin Hood and the Stranger, &c.
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First Line:
Come listen to me you gallants so free
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pp.44-48
Poem Title:
VII. Robin Hood and Allen a Dale; or the Manner of Robin Hood's rescuing a young Lady from an old Knight to whom she was going to be married, and restoring her to Allen a Dale her former Love. To the Tune of, Robin Hood in the Green Wood.
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I'll tell you a story a story anon
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pp.49-54
Poem Title:
VIII. King John, and the Abbot of Canterbury. To the Tune of, The King and Lord Abbot.
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First Line:
In old times past there was a king we read
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pp.55-58
Poem Title:
IX. The Old Abbot, and King Olfrey. To the Tune of, The shaking of the Sheets.
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First Line:
Proud were the Spencers and of condition ill
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pp.59-67
Poem Title:
X. A Song of Queen Isabel, Wife to King Edward II. with the Downfall of the Spencers.
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First Line:
When as Edward the Third did live
Page No:
pp.68-78
Poem Title:
XI. Of King Edward III. and the Fair Countess of Salisbury, setting forth her Constancy and Endless Glory.
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First Line:
A council grave our king did hold
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pp.79-89
Poem Title:
XII. The Battel of Agincourt, between the French and English. To the Tune of, Flying Fame.
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First Line:
I once a duchess was of great renown
Page No:
pp.90-99
Poem Title:
XIII. The Lamentable Fall of the Dutchess of Glocester, Wife to good Duke Humphrey; with the Manner of her doing Penance in London Streets, and of her Exile in the Isle of Man, where she ended up her Days.
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First Line:
When God had taken away true wisdom's king
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pp.100-105
Poem Title:
XIV. The most cruel Murther of Edward the Vth, and his Brother the Duke of York, in the Tower, by their Uncle Richard Duke of Glocester. To the Tune of, Fortune my Foe.
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When York and Lancaster made war
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pp.106-114
Poem Title:
XV. The Union of the Red Rose and the White, by a Marriage between King Henry VII. and a Daughter of King Edward IV. To the Tune of, Flying Fame.
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When as King Henry ruled this land
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pp.115-120
Poem Title:
XVI. The doleful Death of Queen Jane, Wife to King Henry VIII. and the Manner of Prince Edward's being cut out of her Womb. To the Tune of, The Lamentation of Lord Essex.
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First Line:
I have heard talk of Robin Hood
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pp.121-124
Poem Title:
XVII. Robin Hood's Golden Prize: Shewing how he robb'd Two Priests of Five Hundred Pounds. To the Tune of, Robin Hood was a tall young Man, &c.
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Tell thee Dick where I have been
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pp.125-129
Poem Title:
A Ballad on a Wedding.
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First Line:
You that delight in a jocular song
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pp.130-132
Poem Title:
The Wanton Virgins Frighten'd; with the Spy's Downfal from the Tree-top to the Pond-bottom: Or, The old Man strangely Surpriz'd and Bugbear'd by the Black Bandileers and Buff-Coats, &c. Tune of, Ladies of London, &c.
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First Line:
The four and twentieth day of May
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pp.133-136
Poem Title:
The Swiming [sic] Lady: Or, A Wanton Discovery. Being a true Relation of a Coy Lady betray'd by her Lover as she was Stripping herself stark Naked, and Swimming in a River near Oxford. To the Tune of I'll never love thee more.
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First Line:
In Rome I read a nobleman
Page No:
pp.137-144
Poem Title:
A Worthy Example of a Vertuous Wife, who fed her Father with her own Milk, he being commanded by the Emperor to be starved to Death but afterwards pardoned. Tune of Flying Fame.
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In stately Rome sometime did dwell
Page No:
pp.145-151
Poem Title:
Faithful Friendship: Or, Alphonso and Ganselo. To the Tune of Flying Fame.
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First Line:
In Rome a nobleman did wed
Page No:
pp.152-157
Poem Title:
A Lamentable Ballad of the Tragical End of a Gallant Lord and Virtuous Lady; together with the untimely Death of their two Children; wickedly performed by a Heathenish and Blood-thirsty Black-a-Moor, their Servant; the like of which Cruelty and Murther was never heard of before.
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In Nineveh old Toby dwelt
Page No:
pp.158-165
Poem Title:
A pleasant Ballad of Tobias: Wherein is shewed what wonderful Things chanced to him in his Youth; and how he wedded a young Damosel that had Seven Husbands, but never enjoy'd their Company, being all Slain by an Evil Spirit.
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When King Nebuchadnezzar
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pp.166-172
Poem Title:
The Overthrow of proud Holofernes, and the Triumph of virtuous Queen Judith.
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In Bath a wanton wife did dwell
Page No:
pp.173-178
Poem Title:
The wanton Wife of Bath. To the Tune of, Flying Fame, &c.
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Tom and Will were shepherds swains
Page No:
pp.179-181
Poem Title:
The Ballad of Tom and Will.
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First Line:
When Sol had left his weary teams
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pp.182-184
Poem Title:
Roger's Delight: Or, the West Country Christ'ning and Gossiping. To the Tune of Cold and Raw.
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First Line:
An honest man as I am told
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pp.185-187
Poem Title:
The Cowardly Clown of Flanders Cuckolded.
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First Line:
Good your worship cast an eye
Page No:
pp.188-190
Poem Title:
The Low-Country Soldier: Or, His Humble Petition at his Return into England, after his Bold Adventures in Bloody Battels.
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First Line:
Will you hear a Spanish lady
Page No:
pp.191-194
Poem Title:
The Spanish Lady's Love.
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First Line:
Margarita first possessed
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pp.195-198
Poem Title:
The Cronicle.
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First Line:
When my hairs grow hoary and my cheeks look pale
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pp.199-200
Poem Title:
The old Woman's Wish.
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First Line:
Virgins so fair at length it may prove
Page No:
p.201
Poem Title:
The Maid's Wish.
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First Line:
It was a blind beggar that long lost his sight
Page No:
pp.202-207
Poem Title:
The Blind Beggar's Daughter of Bednal-Green.
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Within a gallant palace most brave
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pp.208-211
Poem Title:
The second Part.
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First Line:
Jolly Roger Twangdillo of Plowden Hill
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pp.212-214
Poem Title:
Jolly Roger.
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First Line:
In ancient years as books express
Page No:
pp.215-219
Poem Title:
An excellent Song, entituled a Penny-worth of Wit. To the Tune of, Labandulishot.
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First Line:
Prithee Susan what doth muse on
Page No:
pp.220-221
Poem Title:
James and Susan.
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First Line:
You that love mirth give ear to my song
Page No:
pp.222-223
Poem Title:
Sawney and Teague, or the unfortunate Success of a Dear-Joy's Devotion. To the Tune of, Lilly-burlero.
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Welsh Morgan young Teague and brisk Sawney the Scot
Page No:
pp.224-227
Poem Title:
A Dialogue between Morgan, Sawney, and Teague, on the 19th of October, 1714 the Eve of his Majesty's Coronation. To the Tune of, Dear Catholick Brother.
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First Line:
Young gallants all I pray draw near
Page No:
pp.228-229
Poem Title:
The Merchant's Son and Beggar Wench of Hull.
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An old woman clothed in grey
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pp.230-232
Poem Title:
The Worcestershire Wedding, or Joy after Sorrow. To the Tune of, Kind Husband and Imperious Wife.
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Tender hearts of London city
Page No:
pp.233-234
Poem Title:
The Lover's lamentable Tragedy. To the Tune of, In the West of Devonshire.
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First Line:
Of a rich counsellor I write
Page No:
pp.235-237
Poem Title:
The Crafty Lover: Or, the Lawyer out-witted. To the Tune of, I love you more and more.
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First Line:
Jockey met with Jenny fair
Page No:
pp.238-240
Poem Title:
Distracted Jockey's Lamentation, or O'er the Hills and far away.
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First Line:
Jockey was a dowdy lad
Page No:
pp.241-242
Poem Title:
Peggy's Choice, Or, the Three Lovers.
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First Line:
As I sat at my spinning wheel
Page No:
pp.243-244
Poem Title:
The Bonny Scot, Or, the yeilding Lass.
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First Line:
With tuneful pipe and merry glee
Page No:
p.245
Poem Title:
A Scotch Song.
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By moonlight on the green
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pp.246-247
Poem Title:
The Dancing Lass.
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When my bonny Jockey left me
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pp.248-249
Poem Title:
The Unfortunate Lovers.
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First Line:
Bonny Peggy lived near
Page No:
pp.250-251
Poem Title:
The Scotch Lovers, Or, an Amourous Encounter between Sawney and Peggy.
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Now Jockey and Moggy are ready
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pp.252-254
Poem Title:
The Scotch Wedding, Or the Lass with the Golden Hair.
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First Line:
Gin thou wert my ene thing
Page No:
p.255
Poem Title:
A Scotch Song.
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First Line:
Blithe Jockey young and gay
Page No:
pp.256-258
Poem Title:
Blith Jockey, Or, The Forsaken Lass.
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There lived a lass in our town
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pp.259-261
Poem Title:
The Scotch Lass's Lamentation for the Loss of her Maidenhead.
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The bonny grey eyed morn began to peep
Page No:
pp.262-263
Poem Title:
The bonny Grey-Ey'd Morn, Or, Jockey rous'd with Love.
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First Line:
Rise bonny Kate the sun's got up high
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pp.264-265
Poem Title:
Bonny Kate of Epsom-Wells.
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Charming Jenny is fair and gay
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pp.266-267
Poem Title:
The Happy Shepherd, Or, The Charming Virgins.
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